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Dr. Toruno Signing Books

 

In this picture Dr. Toruño is at a book signing for one of her books, in this occasion, "Cita con la memoria", at Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Midland, TX. Israel Patiño, a Masters student in Spanish, is at the front of the line waiting for his book to be signed.

 

Latest News (March 4, 2009)

Please join us in congratulating the Spanish Bachelors and Masters Degree Graduates for the last years, all of them have a job at the moment. For the graduate students each semester, the Office of UTPB of Graduate Studies offers $1000 per year to the graduate student who applies for admission in the Master of Spanish. You must enroll in nine credit hours, which means that you need to be a full-time graduate student. In addition, you can apply for a graduate assistantship. Each semester the Graduate Studies office offers two or three graduate assistantships of about $4000 per semester. To apply for these, you need to fulfill the following requirements:

  1. Take the GRE Exam.

  2. Fill out the Graduate Application Form (providing
    official copies of all transcripts)

  3. Write an essay in Spanish (1 page along on any literature topic).

  4. Fill out the Graduate Assistantship Application form.

Graduate Assistant Responsibilities:

  1. Be willing to enroll in 9 Credit Hours at the Master Level.

  2. Be available to work with a Spanish professor 19 1/2 hours a week, helping him/her to do research and to assist in preparation of material for teaching classes.

For more information you can contact Dr. Rhina Toruño-Haensly, Graduate Program Head or any Spanish professor and/or the Graduate Studies Office.

Bienvenidos a nuestros programas de licenciatura y maestria en español.

Contact Information
Dr. Rhina Toruño-Haensly, Professor of Spanish, Graduate Head
Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Fellow in Humanities
Email: toruno_r@utpb.edu
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Department of Humanities and Fine Arts
4901 E. University Blvd., Odessa, Texas 79762
Tel 432-552-2308 Fax 432-552-3280